Environmental controls on soil frost activity in the Western Cape mountains, South Africa

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-221

  Boelhouwers, Jan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Environmental controls; Mediterranean mountains; Needle ice; Soil frost

Indexed keywords

FROST ACTIVITY; SOIL FROST;

SOUTH AFRICA, WESTERN CAPE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0031803947     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199803)23:3<211::AID-ESP841>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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